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Subgenre Sampler

 
All the Real GirlsAll the Real Girls (2003)
Dir. David Gordon Green
Feat. Patricia Clarkson, Zooey Deschanel, Paul Schneider
Wistful, nuanced tale set in a tiny North Carolina town, where the town stud must prove himself in a romance with his best friend's…
My Life Without MeMy Life Without Me (2003) Recommended
Dir. Isabel Coixet
Feat. Sarah Polley, Mark Ruffalo, Deborah Harry
This award–winning vignette concerns a young woman (Polley), told by her doctor she has only a short time to live, who strives to secretly…
Four DaysFour Days (2001) Recommended
Dir. Curtis Wehrfritz
Feat. Colm Meaney, Lolita Davidovich, Kevin Zegers
This accomplished 'existential thriller', based on 60s crime novel by John Buell, fuses genre conventions with weightier concerns about loneliness…
GuinevereGuinevere (2001)
Dir. Audrey Wells
Feat. Sarah Polley, Stephen Rea
Sarah Polley (GO) headlines in this Sundance–winning indie, as a directionless Harvard graduate who falls under the spell of…
Interstate 60Interstate 60 (2001)
Dir. Bob Gale
Feat. James Marsden, Gary Oldman, Kurt Russell
An appealingly quirky teen road movie from the writer of the BACK TO THE FUTURE series, in which Marsden sets out on the mythical American highway,…
Love the Hard WayLove the Hard Way (2001)
Dir. Peter Sehr
Feat. Adrien Brody, Pam Grier
Big–city fable with Brody playing a snakeskin–jacketed thief with some polished one–liners, who nurses a secret ambition to be a…
Shirt, TheShirt, The (2000) Recommended
Dir. John Laing
Feat. Brian Sargent, Kirsty King-Turner, Jeff Szusterman
Chiefly the creation of Wellingtonian writer/producer Ross Bevan, this hits hard as a raw study of three career–junkies ‘led’ by a…
TrixieTrixie (2000)
Dir. Alan Rudolph
Feat. Emily Watson, Nick Nolte, Dermot Mulroney
Uneven attempt at a film–noir spoof by cult dir. Rudolph (who did it better in LOVE AT LARGE) with Emily Watson as a low–wattage…
20 Dates (1999)
Dir. Myles Berkowitz
Queasily, both a documentary and 'mockumentary'; the director set out to make a movie and find himself a girlfriend at the same time, organising 20…
Body ShotsBody Shots (1999)
Dir. Michael Cristofer
Feat. Sean Patrick Flannery, Amanda Peet, Tara Reid
Flashy tale of eight twentysomethings shares its style, setting and cultural niche with GO, dividing neatly into four typically smug boys and four…

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